Chalice.



110.781.220. PATENT-En JANQSl, 1905..

L T. G.. T. MLLER.

1 CHALIGB.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 22, 1903.

NO- 7815220- f y PATENTED JANpl, 1905.

' oHALIo-B. v APPLIOAT-ION FILED AUG. 22, 19037 3 SHEETS-'SHEET 3.

UNITED A-STATEsK Patented, January 31, 1905.y

PATENT OFFICE.

oHALlo.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,220, dated January31, 1905. Application filed August 22, 1903. Serial No. 170,500.

i ODOR MLLER, merchant, of No. 12 Pilestraede,

Copenhagen, in the Kingdom of Denmark, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Chalices; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description-of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The present invention refers to chalices of the kind as set forth in thePatents Nos. 685,7 84 and 685,785.

The object of the invention is to simplify the arrangements known fromthese two patents, so that the wine` contained ina central bowl is madetov flow into `the sevcralcups merely by the inclining motion of thechalice.

If there be but a limited number of cups in the rim-say six to eight-sothat each cup occupies a comparatively large portion of the the rim isdivided into a larger number of i cups-say twelve to sixteen-it will, asa rule, be necessary by special arrangements to prevent wine flowinginto two adjacent cups when one of the cups is filled from the centralbowl. These arrangements must be adapted either to shut olf the winefrom the adjacent cups only or from all the cups except the one used forthe moment. This may be obtained in all generality by relativelyrotating the parts of the chalice as regards one another simultaneouslywith the inclinedV motion which is necessary in all kind of chalices.The bowl can also be xed land supplied with a number of spoutsor outletscorresponding to the number ofcups, While a rotatable ring closes allthe spouts or outlets except a single one. When the chalice is inclinedso that the non-closed spout or outlet points downward, only the cupoutside the vspout will be filled. Instead of a complete ring arotatable plate or the like can be used which will only close theadjacent spouts or outlets. It is not necessary that the turning motionor rotation is in all cases done by hand. The lastmentioned rotatableplate vwhich closes for the nearest cups on either side of the one usedcan, for instance, be mounted and balanced'in such a manner that it bythe mere inclination -of the chalice assumes the correct position bytheforce of gravity; Beside rendering possible the solving of the saidproblem-w'. e., that the wine is made to iow into a single cup simply bythe inclined positionchalices of the described kind have the advantageof the wine being visible, like in ordinary chalices, it being notnecessary that the central bowl should be covered. These chalices arealso arranged in such a manner that the waste left in a cupdoes not owback into the vcentral bowl, but down into a special wastecup. The rowof cups may be in one with the chalice proper, or it may forma specialremovableV part.

rIhe latter is preferable, as it then becomes possible by replacing therow of cupswith another one to use the same chalice lfor a number ofcommunicants at the same time. A

Various constructional forms of the invention are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which-.-

Figure l shows a chalice with fifteen cups and fifteen spouts on thecentral bowl, seen in side elevation and partly in vertical section.Fig. 2 is the Vbowl and part of the row of cups seen from above. Fig. 3is a detail of the bowl seen from above. Fig. l is a constructional formfor an automatic closing arrangement seen from the top, and Fig. 5 aconstructional lform for a chalice supplied with a selfacting closingarrangement.

By the constructional form shown in Figs. 1 to 8 the row of cups crisremovable and,.for instance, supplied with a collar fitting onto acollar c on the chalice d. Each single cup,

which is formed by means of radial partition-- walls ct' in the row ofcups, is in` the rear wall IOO a2 supplied with one or severalwaste-holes c, through which slops left in the cups can ilow down intothe waste-bowl f. The rims of the cups which are to be touched by thelips may be concentric with the chalice, as shown to the right in Fig.2, or convex, as shown to the left in the same figure.

Inside the row of cups c is the bowl g, supplied with a number of spoutsg of triangular or other suitable section and either proportionatelydeep, as shown, or merely starting from the upper part of the bowl. Thebowl g can either, as shown in Fig. I and in the upper part of Fig. 2,be polygonal, or it can be cylindrical, as shown in the lower half ofFig. 2.

When the howl g is mounted in its place in the chalice, where it is heldby friction or in any other suitable way, each of the spouts g will belocated between two radial partition-walls a' of the row of cups-fb'. c.right opposite each cup.

When the chalice is inclined at a certain angle to the left from theperpendicular position shown in Fig. l, the wine in the bowl g willcertainly to the greatest extent How out through the one spout shown insection; but by a careless inclination and if the spouts are closetogether wine will also flow out in the adjacent cups, so that all threecups shown to the left in Fig. 2 will be more or less filled. In orderto prevent this, the upper part of the bowl is supplied with an annularcover g2, Figs. l and 3, which closes tightly onto the upper rims of thespouts and has in a single space a notch g3. When this notch is abovethe spout shown to the left in Fig. l, only that single cupcorresponding thereto will be filled when the chalice is inclined. Thering-shaped closing arrangement g2 may be supplied with a button orother contrivance which facilitates the turning.

When the ring j lies so high that the wine can only be caused to tlowthrough the opening y" by inclining the chalicemz'. e., the chalice hasa shape like the one shown in Figs. l and 4-the full ring maybe replacedby part of a ring which only closes a couple of the openings l'viz.,those in either side of the opening corresponding to the cup in use. Thearrangement will then be as shown in Fig. 4, where 7c indicates twoplates between which there is a free space, so that the wine here getsadmittance to an opening v1, but not tothe two adjacent openings.

If the parts la are made heavy and fastened by arms m or the like to avertical and easilyrotatable aXle n in the middle of the cup g, theforce of gravity will be sufficient to insure that these parts 7c whenthe chalice is inclined will always assume such a position that thelowermost openingz' is free, so that the corresponding cup out of whichthe communicant is to drink will be filled, while the wine gets noaccess to the nearest two cups.

Instead of, as shown in Fig. 4, having two closely-adjoining wallsco2-vl. e. partly the wall a2 of the cup row and partly the wall oi thebowl (/-one single wall will in some cases sufiice, so that one singlehole replaces the two holes e and vf, lying in prolongation oli eachother. The bowl will then bein one with the row of cups, which is madeeither removable or in one with the chalices. In the latter case therewill consequently be ne loose parts.

Fig. 5 shows a chalice in which the cup row a and the bowl g are in onepiece and where the shutting ottI is done by an automatic arrangementcorresponding to the one in Fi g. 4. rlhe cups and the bowl are in thiscase connected with a ring q, turned on the inside, which hasfilling-openings vf, whose one end opens onto the turned surface andwhose other end opens into a suitable place in the bottom of the cups.The ring q is, moreover, provided with waste-holes c. The heavy parts 1,serving to shut ott the adjacent holes and olf which but one is visible,are fastened to a perpendicular axle a, surrounded by a tube fr,starting from the bottom of the cup .r/ and which below and above hasbearings for the axle. rIhe connection between this one and the partscan be made, for instance, by a cross-shaped or other suitable plate u.If the parts a, g, and q, which are presupposed to be mutuallyconnected, are also in one with the chalice d, there must in a suitableplace be arranged an outlet which can be closed for emptying the slops,for instance, as shown atp.

It is assumed as well in the preliminary rcmarksvas, for instance, inthe description of Fig. 4-that the row of cups when the chalice is usedis held firmly in this one and not turned while the bowl is turned. Thereverse, however, may also be the case, it being only of importance thatthe vtwo parts or eventually the row of cups and a ring or part of aring are turned in relation to one another.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of thisinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is" 1. In a chalice the combination of a row of cups with acentral bowl level with the row ol cups and open at the top, openings inthe central bowl opposite each cup, the wine flowing through thelowermost otl said openings into the corresponding cup by the naturalinclination of the chalice, substantially as described.

2. Inachalice the combination of a row of cups with a central bowl levelwith the row of cups andopen at the top, openings in the central bowlopposite each cup and means for closing a number of said openings,substantially as described.

3. Ina chalice the combination of a row ot cups with a central bowllevel with the row ol cups and open at the top, openings in the ceutralbowl opposite each cup and a ring capable of being turned and closingall but one oi the said openings, substantially as described.

4. In achalice the combination of a row of lOO spectively with each cup,means capable of be,

ing turned for closing a number of these openings, a Waste-space at alower level than the said oups, and openings leading from each of thecups to the said waste-space.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THGER CHRISTIAN 'IHEODOR MLLER.

Witnesses:

ERNEST BOUTARD, J. C. JAooBsEN.

